Family Tree Gal

Family Tree Gal, Carolyn Calton welcomes YOU!

Motto

In every home, frame a family tree to help strengthen your posterity.

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I am committed to acknowledging connections throughout the generations--past, present, and future--and igniting a sense of extraordinary family purpose in individuals in THIS generation. Let me help you discover your "roots" as well as strengthen the "branches" of your family tree. If you have had painful experiences in your family line, then this is the blog for you! In fact, all of us will see that as we strengthen ourselves, we strenthen our entire FAMILY TREE through the power of our positive influence.

Monday, May 9, 2011

I’m using the ’52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History’ series as an aid in beginning my personal history this year.See the entire challenge on my Examiner.com article at http://exm.nr/lzRKOK. I create an article about this series each Monday.Click subscribe (at the top) if you’d like to get my articles automatically delivered to your email inbox, or click the RSS icon to read my posts via a feed reader.These weekly challenges are authored by Amy Coffin of the We Tree blog and hosted on the GeneaBloggers website.

Here are some of my memories about my bedroom as a child.

My room was a place of solace for me.When very young, I had a small room which later became converted to a den.The walls were plaster and very light colored.I had a bed with a printed bedspread.What I remember most was feeling the cool plaster walls on my arm as I played with my poodle-like stuffed animal while trying to go to sleep for my mid-day nap.

When I was older (perhaps ten or so), we added on to our house.My parent’s master bedroom became mine.The furniture was blonde wood, which we refinished to an antique green.I was so excited to have furniture that was in line with the stylish colors of the day, and felt fortunate to have that larger room as my own while in my teen years.There were two twin beds, which made it easy to have a girlfriend spend the night.

I liked to put quotes and other items on my bulletin board.The closet had fold out doors that spanned the length of the room.Overhead was lots of storage wherein I kept games and blankets and treasured toys—no longer in use.This brings back memories of certain clothes—my blue velvet dress, my Polyette uniform and pom poms, etc.

There was a long, narrow window above my beds with beige “drapes”.My room was a place of peace where I could gather my thoughts and rest.I’m grateful for a home without turmoil wherein I could feel loved, accepted and safe.
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As founder of Family Tree Quest, I’m sometimes asked what tools I recommend for organizing and recording personal and family history. Here are my highest recommendations.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.” I have not received any compensation from Amy Coffin or GeneaBloggers.com for writing this post. I am listed on the GeneaBloggers Blog Roll because I find it to be a valuable, shared community resource. As founder of Family Tree Quest [dot] com, I am an affiliate of LifeStory Productions, Inc. and Amazon [dot] com.

I love my Flip-Pal™ mobile scanner. I plan to begin catching up on scanning my endless stacks of photos while I watch TV this summer. My second daughter is anxious to begin digital scrapbooking to save time, space and money (in the long run).

Click here to go to the Flip-Pal™ site. (While there, click the shop tab on the top right of the screen.)

After scanning, I will transfer my pictures to my Heritage Collector Suite Software where I will organize them into collections for easy retrieval and use in creating my written family history. I can also use them for creating a variety of gifts to give.

Technology can be wonderful. What are your plans with your family history this upcoming summer?

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Disclosure of Material Connection: I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.” I am an affiliate of Flip-pal mobile scanner and Life Story Productions, Inc.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Well, I minimize the fact that I have lingering physical difficulties due to car accidents, but yesterday I could not ignore their effects. Too much pain, so I finally went to bed. I've been using Amy Coffin's prompts on Mondays, so today I simply posted the prompt at Examiner today.

Create and Frame Your Own Family Tree!

This is fabulous.

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Talk About It Tuesday;
Resource Wednesday;
Thankful Thursday; and
Family Tree Friday.
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I'm delighted to have been chosen as a Blogger of Honor in 2011.

Thank you to Deirdra Eden Coppel, April 2011

ANCESTOR APPROVED AWARD

Thank you to Bill West, December 2010

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